Bob Beattie Awards Evening 2018

22 June 2018

Bob Beattie Awards Evening 2018

Once again Institute and the KPA joined forces to bring the KPA Bob Beattie Awards Evening and the Three Minute Thesis final together for a second year. It makes so much sense; the award recognises the overall excellence of a member of the postgraduate community, not just their academic pursuits but also the contributions they have given to the postgraduate community, whilst the Three Minute Thesis is a fantastic showcase of postgraduate research at Keele.

Whilst the eyes of the nation were trained on England in Volgograd, the 3MT final was the only game in town at Keele, with five keen finalists competing for the prestigious title of Keele 3MT winner 2018 and the opportunity to represent the University in the national VITAE semi-final.

This year, as well as the ILAS PG conference, 3MT heats were offered across the university at the FNS symposium, the ISTM symposium and the Humanities symposium. In total the 2018 competition had 23 entrants in total, with representation from all three faculties and six participants went through to the final round ; Alison Aries (SHAR and ISTM), Angela Blanchard (School of Psychology) Annabelle Machin (IPCHS), Kara Holloway (School of Psychology), Sarah McKevitt (IPCHS), Grant Mitchell (SPIRE). Unfortunately, due to other commitments, Kara was unable to attend the final on Monday evening.

Alison Aries - School of Health and Rehabilitation:

"These feet were made for walking"

Angela Blanchard - School of Psychology:

"Through fog: An autoethnography of childhood emotional neglect"

Dr Annabelle Machin - Institute of Primary Care & Health Sciences:

"Anxiety and depression in patients with inflammatory arthritis"

Sarah McKevitt - Institute of Primary Care & Health Sciences:

Physical activity (PA) in people with osteoarthritis (OA) and comorbidity: A multimethod study

Dealing with the Radical Right: Mainstream Parties and Competition Strategies

It was no easy task to select one winner from a great line up of standout performances and Jonathan Wastling shared the judges’ deliberations highlighting the merits and distinctions of each presentation.

The Keele Three Minute Thesis winner 2018 is Angela Blanchard from the School of Psychology with her presentation Through fog: An autoethnography of childhood emotional neglect.

Angela started her PhD at Keele as a part-time student in January 2014 , she became full-time in January 2016 and is now in the final stages of writing up her PhD Her supervisor s are Dr Maggie Robson and Dr Kirsty Budds.

Tim Lustig shared some lovely memories of Bob in his time at Keele and in the KPA and the Vice Chancellor introduced and presented the Awards.

The Bob Beattie Postgraduate Student of the Year was Stephanie Lonsdale and the runner up Sahil Gufa with prizes of £1000 and £500 respectively.